Robert S. Dewsowitz
Author of Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?

We had a chat with him on Wednesday, June 18, 1997. You can read a transcript here.

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Who Gave Pinta to the Santa Maria?
Torrid Diseases in a Temperate World
by Robert S. Desowitz
(Norton, 1997, $25.00)

Dr. Robert S. Desowitz is internationally renowned as a teacher, lecturer, and researcher of malaria and other diseases. His previous books include New Guinea Tapeworms and Jewish Grandmothers, The Thorn in the Starfish, and The Malaria Capers. Dr. Desowitz is Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine and Medical Microbiology at the University of Hawaii and is currently Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina.